The General Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-general/ What to Watch Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:59:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png The General Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/the-general/ 32 32 SOUND FOR SILENTS; THE SAN FRANCISCO SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2025 https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/sfsff-2035/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:59:26 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=54421

Among the lingering ghosts of the cinematheque, our less-than-apt “silent” retronym persists. Nearly everyone refers to early films as such now; no one called them that then. These were moving pictures. Photoplays. As the saying goes in the decades since, […]

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]]> BUSTER KEATON’S THE GENERAL & THREE AGES https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/thegeneral-three-ages-blu/ Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=27644

While it would be nice to have more bonus content for a classic like The General, this is still a worthwhile purchase for fans...

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]]> Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection (1917-1923) Blu-ray https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/buster-keaton-shorts/ Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:13:11 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=26594

Kino has put together a collection of five Blu-rays that chart Keaton's short film career over the course of 32 shorts produced between 1917 and 1923.

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]]> 12 Quick ?s — ZELLNER BROS. https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/12-quick-questions-zellner-bros/ Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:38:04 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17897 (In connection with the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s ongoing “Indie Night” screening series, which is being guest programmed this year by HTN co-founder Ted Hope, we have asked the director of each month’s selection to answer twelve quick questions, […]

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